Organising Painting

In this lecture, artist and educator Ian Hartshorne makes an argument for a return to the historical principles that have defined painting’s practice and evaluation.

Contending that discussions of painting have become diluted by an overbearance of discourses related to plurality, polyvocality and subjectivity, Hartshorne argues for a return to the principles that have been key to the development of painting over centuries.

Only this way, says Hartshorne, can painting be discussed as its own discipline, and one that is material, human and real.

'Painters Talking Painting' is a series that first emerged as an online forum to host talks and forge connections between interested art students and lecturers from several universities in the UK.

Each talk features a painter, who at the time was teaching at an art school, discussing their practice or a particular field of interest. 

The series was initiated by Sue Williams, Dougal McKenzie, Jenny Eden, Henry Ward and Ian Hartshorne.